How To Install ddclient on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ddclient on Fedora 34.
What is ddclient
ddclient is a Perl client used to update dynamic DNS entries for accounts on many different dynamic DNS services. Features include daemon, manual and automatic updates, static and dynamic updates, optimized updates for multiple addresses, MX, wildcards, abuse avoidance, retrying the failed updates and sending update status to syslog and through e-mail.
We can use yum or dnf to install ddclient on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ddclient.
Install ddclient on Fedora 34 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install ddclient using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install ddclient
Install ddclient on Fedora 34 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install ddclient using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install ddclient
How To Uninstall ddclient on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the ddclient package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove ddclient
ddclient Package Contents on Fedora 34
/etc/ddclient.conf
/etc/rwtab.d/ddclient
/etc/sysconfig/ddclient
/run/ddclient
/usr/lib/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/50-ddclient
/usr/lib/systemd/system/ddclient.service
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/ddclient.conf
/usr/sbin/ddclient
/usr/share/doc/ddclient
/usr/share/doc/ddclient/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/ddclient/Changelog.old
/usr/share/doc/ddclient/README.cisco
/usr/share/doc/ddclient/README.md
/usr/share/doc/ddclient/README.ssl
/usr/share/doc/ddclient/RELEASENOTE
/usr/share/doc/ddclient/sample-ddclient-wrapper.sh
/usr/share/doc/ddclient/sample-etc_cron.d_ddclient
/usr/share/doc/ddclient/sample-etc_dhclient-exit-hooks
/usr/share/doc/ddclient/sample-etc_dhcpc_dhcpcd-eth0.exe
/usr/share/doc/ddclient/sample-etc_ppp_ip-up.local
/usr/share/licenses/ddclient
/usr/share/licenses/ddclient/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/ddclient/COPYRIGHT
/var/cache/ddclient
/var/cache/ddclient/ddclient.cache
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ddclient on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.